Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Firm Foundation

Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what
you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

In the photo above, the cabin is supported by steel pipes
that are anchored in solid rock.
Although it seems to be in a precarious position, it has been built on a
firm foundation of solid rock. If the
exact same pipes were in sand, the house would come tumbling down the hillside
with the first heavy rain.

Christians
also have a firm foundation in Jesus Christ.
By grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, Christians are
assured of eternal life in a spiritual house built on a foundation of Jesus,
the solid rock described in Matthew 7:24.
They are further protected in their temporal life from any harm that God
has not ordained. The great hymn below
points out what a great savior we have in this life for those who seek refuge
in him. He will never forsake his flock
in sickness or health. He will be there
in poverty or wealth, and when old age slips upon the scene, He will be there
to comfort and give the peace that passes all understanding. The love and promises of God are built on
this firm foundation that cannot be overturned by anything on earth or in the
spiritual realm. Praise God that this
firm foundation will not and, in fact, cannot fail.

How Firm a Foundation
Words by: John Rippon

How firm a foundation, ye
saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not
dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I
call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy
pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people
shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.